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When he had applied for his permanent residence permit,
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As soon after the destruction of the British fleet, as circumstances would permit,
The Rise of Canada, from Barbarism to Wealth and Civilisation Volume 1 Charles Roger
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On every hand there is evidence of the instinctive effort to reproduce, as nearly as the climate will permit,
The New World of Islam Lothrop Stoddard 1916
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He would live in it as soon as the idiosyncrasies of The Architect and Labor would permit,
The Sisters-In-Law Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton 1902
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As to your stay at Berlin I can only say that if your health will permit,
William Pitt and the Great War John Holland Rose 1898
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He caught a flash of challenge in her eyes and realized that he was moving faster than his schedule would permit,
Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress George Randolph Chester 1896
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From thence he meditated, as soon as his occasions would permit,
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Allison crept through it as fast as his feeble strength would permit,
Elsie's Womanhood Martha Finley 1868
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The large ships of the Easterlings followed as far as the low water would permit,
The Last of the Barons — Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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With love to all your house, I am, as affectionately and warmly as the weather will permit,
Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter Orville Dewey 1838
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